Packard Company engaged in the following transactions during Year 1, its first year of operations. (Assume all transactions are cash transactions.) 1) Acquired $1,150 cash from the issue of common stock. 2) Borrowed $620 from a bank. 3) Earned $800 of revenues cash. 4) Paid expenses of $290. 5) Paid a $90 dividend. During Year 2, Packard engaged in the following transactions. (Assume all transactions are cash transactions.) 1) Issued an additional $525 of common stock. 2) Repaid $360 of its debt to the bank. 3) Earned revenues of $950 cash. 4) Paid expenses of $440. 5) Paid dividends of $140. What is the amount of total assets that will be reported on Packard's balance sheet at the end of Year 2

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Suppose a firm faces a fixed price of output, 푝푝= 1200. the firm hires workers from a union at a daily wage, 푤푤, to produce output according to the production function 푞푞= 2퐸퐸12. there are 225 workers in the union. any union worker who does not work for this firm is guaranteed to find nonunion employment at a wage of $96 per day. a.what is the firm’s labor demand function? b.if the firm is allowed to choose 푤푤, but then the union decides how many workers to provide (up to 225) at that wage, what wage will the firm set? how many workers will the union provide? what is the firm’s output and profit? what is the total income of the 225 union workers? c.now suppose that the union sets the wage, but the firm decides how many workers to hire at that wage (up to 225). what wage will the union set to maximize the total income of all 225 workers? how many workers will the firm hire? what is the firm’s output and profit? what is the total income of the 225 union workers? [hint: to maximize total income of union, take the first order condition with respect to w and set equal to 0.]

Dan wants to start a supermarket in his hometown, and wants to get into the business only after finding out about the market and how successful his business might be. the best way for dan to gain knowledge is to: